Quality of Silence (Lupton) - Book Reviews

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Much like The Revenant...Rosamund Lupton’s suspense novel The Quality of Silence pits its characters against a heartlessly cruel Mother Nature…. About half of this teeth-chattering novel is narrated by the indomitable Ruby, who is profoundly deaf—and a model of girl power…. In this tale, the deadly cold and treacherous road are no match for the fiery heat of enduring love.
Carol Memmott - Washington Post


A compelling and beautifully written journey into the darkest of hearts.
Seattle Times


A tight, claustrophobic thriller that will enclose readers in a world of cold from which there’s no escape….The author evokes a sense of absolute isolation that hovers at the edge of every scene…. Lupton uses powerful, evocative language to craft a literary novel that sets a knife-edge of danger on every page, as readers follow mother and daughter through the forbidding landscape to a heart-stopping conclusion.
Barbara Clark - Bookpage


(Starred review.) Astrophysicist Yasmin Alfredson, the heroine of this heart-stopping page-turner...makes a desperate gamble to save her marriage.... Lupton limns a starkly beautiful story at once as expansive as the aurora borealis and as intimate as a mother and daughter finally learning to truly hear each another.
Publishers Weekly


(Starred review.) Astrophysicist Yasmin and Ruby, her precocious deaf daughter, fly from Scotland to Alaska to visit Ruby's father.... Nail-bitingly suspenseful and chilling.... Lupton demonstrates her mastery of the suspense genre in this dazzling tale of human resilience.  —Susan Clifford Braun, Bainbridge Island, WA
Library Journal


A rip-roaring read full of both beatiful descriptions of the tundra and harrowing passages on the dangers of subzero temperatures.
Booklist


Lupton is at her best when describing the dark, wintry wilderness and pitting her two female protagonists against all comers. Shrewdly commercial and seamed with some memorable descriptions of the polar wilds, Lupton's latest, though unsteady at times, delivers an engrossing wallop of readable escapism.
Kirkus Reviews